Military Training & Simulation News (MTSN) was first published in monthly newsletter format in 1995, and in 1999 it became a bi-monthly magazine.

In 2015, MTSN became part of the Shephard Media portfolio. With a readership of over 40,000, MTSN is requested, read and respected in over 70 countries by professional military, government, academic and industry personnel.

With a team of global correspondents, the magazine brings the reader high-quality analysis, news and in-depth features. MTSN is the only magazine dedicated to military training and simulation with a publishing frequency of six issues per year.

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NEWS • Leonardo launches M-40• Taiwan to enhance TESS capabilities• MASA and BISim in strategic alliance• Good results for CAE• Festo Didactic delivers• Leonardo pushes M-346 for UK ASDOTVIRTUALLY REAL DEALS Expensive and sophisticated hardware requires support from well-trained technicians. At present, virtual reality and 3D replica modules seem to be the chosen methods for modern maintenance training, but what of augmented reality?

DIGITALLY DUTCH Like most air forces around the world, the Royal Netherlands Air Force is facing a number of challenges, including how best to use the power of simulation to enhance training efficiency and operational effectiveness.

PRIZE FIGHTERS The jet trainer market is a highly competitive sector. It also contains one of the largest awards in military aviation – the USAF is due to decide the winner of its new advanced pilot training system contest by the end of the year.

A CUT ABOVE Medical simulation has developed rapidly over the past 20 years from simple and crude techniques for students to fully immersive environments with authentic patient simulators.

IN THE MOMENT Force-on-force training continues to evolve, with companies steadily adding new capabilities to increase realism in what is an extremely buoyant market.

GUNNER GLORY The Royal Netherlands Air Force has been using its door gunner trainer at Gilze-Rijen air base for over two years now with great success. MTSN was recently invited to the base to take an exclusive look at the system. INTERVIEWAN INTEGRATED APPROACH MTSN talked to president of Cubic Global Defense and Cubic VP, Dave Buss, about current and future plans for the company and how the integration of new and emerging technologies is helping to drive combat readiness for US and allied forces.

MTSN has a total readership of 40,000, approximately 56% of which is in the US, 28% in Europe, 9% in Asia-Pacific, 4% in the Middle East and 3% rest of world. Readership profiles are military officers/SNCOs, procurement officials, operational requirements staff, relevant government organisations, academia and industry personnel.

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